Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $340.81/cwt on 12 head, up $1.66 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 19 comparable sales and sits −33.43 against this barn's trailing median of $374.25.

Average price

$340.81

▲ 1.66 vs prior sale

12 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$33.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	559	343.61	1,920	11thin
Medium and Large 3	540	310.00	1,674	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.61/cwt here — about $246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $411.45, low $307.05, median $374.25 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

340.81

—

SC average6 barns · 96 hd

343.46

−2.65

This barn, trailing median19 sales

374.25

−33.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,383	197.05	2,725	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,691	185.03	3,129	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,152	176.49	2,033	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	996	158.93	1,584	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,208	$2,467	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,163	$2,400	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$1,513	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	775	$3,256	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,010	$2,600	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	915	$1,980	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	956	$1,730	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	758	$1,144	6

Every lot, as filed

62 lots · USDA AMS · Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	810	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	865	1,471.00/head	1,471.00–1,471.00	1,471	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	772	1,223.38/head	1,178.00–1,288.00	1,223	3
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	760	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	625	766.00/head	766.00–766.00	766	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	965	1,476.00/head	1,476.00–1,476.00	1,476	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	890	1,513.00/head	1,513.00–1,513.00	1,513	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	803	1,214.42/head	1,122.00–1,304.00	1,214	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	775	3,256.45/head	3,150.00–3,300.00	3,256	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,596	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	185.30/cwt	173.00–194.00	3,020	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	880	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,487	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,705	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,835	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	3,808	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	179.69/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,722	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	154.28/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,486	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	170.55/cwt	167.00–174.00	1,842	2
Bulls	—	—	1,295	208.62/cwt	194.00–215.00	2,702	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	177.99/cwt	174.00–183.00	2,147	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	1,810.00/head	1,810.00–1,810.00	1,810	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	915	1,980.00/head	1,980.00–1,980.00	1,980	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,265	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,515	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,600	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	930	2,162.00/head	2,162.00–2,162.00	2,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	394.63/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	342.48/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,596	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	330.13/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,915	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	333.95/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,897	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	368.75/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,010	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,946	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	299.93/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	389.75/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,844	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	393.23/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	309.81/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,054	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,147	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	420.06/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	482	332.43/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	490.43/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,394	1

How this sale compares

South Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Tue Jul 21, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 151Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 42Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 18Year ago 12

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	1,513.00	1,513.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,515	3,350.00	3,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,600	3,100.00	3,100.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	1,471.00	1,471.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	772	1,178.00–1,288.00	1,223.38
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	766.00	766.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	1,476.00	1,476.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	803	1,122.00–1,304.00	1,214.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,810.00	1,810.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,980.00	1,980.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	2,162.00	2,162.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	775	3,150.00–3,300.00	3,256.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	2,600.00	2,600.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	480.00–500.00	490.43
1	250–300	280	570.00	570.00
1	800–850	805	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	385	415.00–425.00	420.06
3	400–450	428	380.00–410.00	393.23
3	450–500	473	380.00–400.00	389.75
4	500–550	545	365.00–370.00	368.75
5	550–600	568	330.00–345.00	333.95
2	600–650	608	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	663	300.00–320.00	309.81
3	700–750	717	290.00–310.00	299.93
1	750–800	795	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	800	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	482	325.00–335.00	332.43
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
6	450–500	466	330.00–345.00	342.48
1	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	580	320.00–335.00	330.13
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	655	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	735	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	805	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	513	380.00–410.00	394.63
1	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	360.00	360.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	173.00–194.00	185.30
1	—	1,670	162.00	162.00
1	—	1,835	207.50	207.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	169.00	169.00
5	—	1,206	174.00–183.00	177.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	963	140.00–161.00	154.28
2	—	1,080	167.00–174.00	170.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	175.00–185.00	179.69
3	—	1,295	194.00–215.00	208.62

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Darlington Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

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